Do You Get Pissed Off At Others' Ignorance ?

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kumarmohit

kumarmohit

Technomancer
wherever you go, people think MP3 players are iPods. When I tell someone that I have an mp3 player, they ask you to show them your "iPod", or ask you "which company is your iPod from ?"
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Happens to me all the time. Technically people are not incorrect when they say that i have an iPod coz I have a 160 GB iPod classic. I go all yucky when people take out their chinese stuff and say that they have one to too. One guy even said he has a Sony iPod.(The chinese one ofcourse)

In Palika, I wanted the screen protector for my iPod. I told him that this prolly the last iPod with HD. He said that you never know what these 'Japanese' would do with iPod in terms of capacity. iPod by Japanese, Yikes.

When I went to purchase Nokia 2630, the guy at Nokia priority was showing me all musc phones saying thisone has 4GB capacity, this one has 8 GB and the like. I kept my iPod on the table and told that this is iPod with 160 GB capacity. It has 10 times more storage than Nokia N96 for release in the third quarter of 2008. Just show me a phone that is simple and unobstrusive.

Imagine the look on his face when I showed him the 160 GB marker.

There are a number of other things like Sify people installing Windows client on Linux etc.
 
narangz

narangz

Web developer
I am not a geek. I am a learner. :)

Not everyone can understand the details of computing. Tell me if you are in this field, can you understand the details of say mechanical engineering or architecture? Don't we ask foolish questions to people who are masters in their field? For them we are noobs & we irritate them.
 
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MetalheadGautham

MetalheadGautham

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we are not full time G33KS. We are just people who are aware of what we use. its not stated anywhere that we are geeks. so don't raise that issue. We are just discussing how pissed off we are at our ignorant friends who are adament and unwilling to learn.

Its the unwillingness and sullen attitude of people to learn anything related to technology that irritates me most, even when i try to help them.
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Pathik said:
N00bs are ok but adamant, unwilling_to_learn, foolish n00bs are very irritating..
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those two quotes talk a lot. They describe the situation perfectly.

narangz said:
I am not a geek. I am a learner. :)

Not everyone can understand the details of computing. Tell me if you are in this field, can you understand the details of say mechanical engineering or architecture? Don't we ask foolish questions to people who are masters in their field? For them we are noobs & we irritate them.
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asking is not a problem, determination to think ones own thought is correct is a problem and irritating factor.
I am more than willing to help a newbie in computing if he is willing to learn, but if he tries to teach me that OS and windows mean one and the same, I get really pissed off.
 
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kumarmohit

kumarmohit

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Not all the newbies are adament. I have a number of friends. One of them is MCSE 2003 and he knows his stuff. Another is decent enuf but he is more into fones. The rest of my friends rest can be called newbies (naturally including girls). Thank heavens it is rare that we talk about computers except of course the well versed people but in case like someone wants a gadget, I point them to NP or Wazir Pur Ind area, depending which part of Delhi they are in, Give them the model no and tell them buy each part from where they can get cheapest.

My personal way to handle an adament newbie is to shut my mouth and let him speak and smile to all my friends when he/she is done.
 
dOm1naTOr

dOm1naTOr

Wise Old Owl
i usually get pissed off at gals who makes company with those whose actual intension is way too dirty[nd we being friends by some way knew their intension] and they talk bout those gud gals with dirty speeches....

i usually get pissed off at them and once has slapped one of em for it
 
Rollercoaster

Rollercoaster

-The BlacKCoaT Operative-
u know it is not the noobness that troubles me but those arguments that are based on lame and totally wrong facts. like the Mbps and MBps wars and 'dvd quality' vendors. basically thos people who pretend to know everything even when that dont.

i would like to do to them what krazy says and a lot more :p
 
iNFiNiTE

iNFiNiTE

The cake is a lie!!!
narangz said:
I am not a geek. I am a learner. :)

Not everyone can understand the details of computing. Tell me if you are in this field, can you understand the details of say mechanical engineering or architecture? Don't we ask foolish questions to people who are masters in their field? For them we are noobs & we irritate them.
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+1. I remember the fact the I wasn't born a geek but was a n00b once too.:D
It doesn't bother me that most people are ignorant abt technology coz I don't expect them to be. But what pisses me off is that when people who r in the computing fields(like some of my friends) have no idea abt basic computing stuff.
 
narangz

narangz

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iNFiNiTE said:
+1. I remember the fact the I wasn't born a geek but was a n00b once too.:D
It doesn't bother me that most people are ignorant abt technology coz I don't expect them to be. But what pisses me off is that when people who r in the computing fields(like some of my friends) have no idea abt basic computing stuff.
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Exactly! But then I say to myself- "Why should I bother?" If they want to learn they are welcome, if not then why should I bother...
 
::cyborg::

::cyborg::

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@MetalheadGautham very nice thread excellent.

my experiences

1) once i went to cyber cafe(which was shortly opened :D) as my net was not working that day so i was surfing and all f sudden mc afee virus detected a virus and asked me wht to do as it was not my comp i called the owner and when he saw the screen he screamed OMG ye kya ho gya apne kya khola virus dal dia porn site kholi thi kya .

and there were girls sitting behind me who also started laughing but it all became some serious when i slapped him but it was sorted out.


2) one of my friend calles the process of booting the computer as downloading and whatever i do he never agrees that it is booting he always says computer on kardo download ho rha hai :)) LOL

3) a final year mca student friend of mine does not know how to send email whenever i go to his house he is always playing games and he always says game programming mein jauga mein to .

4) currently iam using a cable connection and when the local boy came to my house to configure the lan at first he was not able to configure my computer as it is running suse linux after 2-3 minutes he asked "ye windows kaunsa hai " LOL :)) man i was dead laughing that day

5) i live in new delhi once i went to nehru place market of software piracy to buy visual studio see the guy what he talks

me -> visual studio hai

guy -> ha ha ye lo 100 rs

guy--> ap kisme mein programing karte ho bhaiya vb.net asp.net c#

me --> i said none as i thought to avoid the conversation

guy--> mein to C# developer hu mein tto site banauga dekhna yahoo se bi badi
mein to ajkal orkut ki website par kam kar rha hu kya maja ata hai programming kar ke , maine to microsoft mein bi apply kar diya hai apko pta hai maine microsoft ko letter likha hai ki teri windows xp bekar hai mein banuga tere se achi windows and after hearing that bill gates offered me a job.

me --> LOL :)) i felt like killing him he like was non stop chatter,


so these were my wierd experiences :)
 
Harry_Potter1234

Harry_Potter1234

Right off the assembly line
let me share mine :

1) one of my friend says that pressing SHIFT key continiously (when booting windows ) speeds up Booting :D LOL
2) another thinks that everything should be in C: Drive.When i was installing an software , i entered E . He told : abbe pagal C mein install kar warna compuuter kharab hoyega
though not so funny but weird experiences... got some more ... will share later..
 
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